This is the reason why people like gossiping according to expert
News24xx.com - Everyone likes gossiping. It is a fact and not something you can deny, because everyone likes to talk about other people, whether the context is positive or negative.
According to a study released in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, people can spend 52 minutes per day to gossip. Why do we spend so much precious time just to talk about other people? Is gossiping really that interesting?
Mark Leary, a psychology and neuroscience professor in Duke University, says that gossiping is human’s basic instinct. This is because our life is rooted in community.
“Considering that, they need to have as much information as possible about the people around them to know what other people are like, who can and cannot be trusted, who are friends with whom, et cetera,” Leary said.
Leary also said that through gossiping, we can also learn not only about the subject of the conversation but also about the person we talk to.
“I can learn things about personality, beliefs, and how to handle others by seeing who and what you are gossiping about. Even if I don’t join, just by hearing the gossip, people tell me about what they consider important, whether they can be trusted to keep secrets, and many others,” Leary said.
It turns out, gossip can also strengthen social bond. According to a study that is released on Psychological Science journal, gossip can increase group’s teamwork and make members more humble. Of course gossip can also bring harm. It can either unite or divide people.
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